1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 2, 8:37 PM EST, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 937 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2003 00Z AREA SNDGS INDICATE AIRMASS ACRS THE CWFA MOIST...PWATS ABOUT 130 PERCENT OF NORMAL...AND CONVECTIVELY UNSTABLE. LARGE SCALE PATTERN REMAINS FAVORABLE FOR CONTINUING POPS INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BUT UNCERTAIN ABOUT OVERALL CVRG. POP GRID WILL SHOW A WEST TO EAST GRADIENT WITH CHC IN THE NC MTNS TO SLT CHC FOR THE PIEDMONT. KGSP 88D VWP INDICATES A SOUTH FLOW THRU LOWEST 5 GATES...BUT THIS IS PROGGED TO VEER TO MORE SW OVERNIGHT...LESSENING POTENTIAL LIFT INTO THE FTHLS/ERN ESCARPMENT. THE MTNS HOWEVER REMAIN IN CONVERGENT 85H/70H FLOW...AS PER 00Z UA ANALYSIS...CLOSER TO BETTER LARGE SCALE LIFT...AS INDICATED BY 18Z ETA...AND WITH SW FLOW THROWING TERRAIN LIFT INTO THE MIX...SHOULD SEE BEST CHANCE FOR SCATTERED REDEVELOPMENT. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. 55
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-021115- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 515 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WILL COMBINE WITH SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS TO PRODUCE UPSLOPE GENERATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE ESCARPMENT OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL MOVE RELATIVELY SLOWLY...AND MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL LATE TODAY IS ADDRESSED IN MORE DETAIL IN THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... SPSGSP...ISSUED EARLIER THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... PERSISTENT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING EACH EVENING AS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER GROUND ALREADY SATURATED BY RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. HG
The Greer radar (KGSP), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:00 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a tree, which fell on a house and caused some light structural damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 2003
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5374459.